J. Lister Hill

Joseph Lister Hill (29 December 1894-20 December 1984) was a US Senator from Alabama (D) from 11 January 1938 to 3 January 1969, succeeding Dixie Bibb Graves and preceding James Allen. He previously served as a member of the US House of Representatives (D-AL 20) from 14 August 1923 to 11 January 1938, succeeding John R. Tyson and preceding George M. Grant.

Biography
Joseph Lister Hill was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1894, and he became a lawyer in 1916. He served as President of the Montgomery Board of Education from 1917 to 1922, and he then served in the US House of Representatives from 1923 to 1938, succeeding the late John R. Tyson. He was a moderate-to-liberal populist Democrat, supporting increased medical research and more facilities for the mentally ill and mentally retarded. In 1938, he was elected to the US Senate, and he served as the Senate Majority Whip from 1941 to 1947. In 1962, he won re-election as the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, as his strong Republican Party opponent James D. Martin was seen as an ultra-conservative. Hill served until 1969, when he retired, and he died in Montgomery in 1984 at the age of 89.